Vertica - Lookup


Snap type:

Read

Description:

This Snap provides the ability to look up records in the target table and return a selected set of fields for every matched record. The Snap executes one request per multiple input documents to avoid making a request for every input record.

JSON paths can be used in the Snap properties and will have values from an incoming document substituted into the properties. However, documents missing values for a given JSON path will be written to the Snap's error view. After a query is executed, the query's results are merged into the incoming document. 

Queries produced by the Snap have the format:

SELECT [Output fields] FROM [Table name] WHERE
[C1 = V11 AND C2 = V21 AND...[Cn = Vn1] OR
[C1 = V12 AND C2 = V22 AND...[Cn = Vn2] OR 
......................................  OR
[Cn = V1n AND Cm = V2m AND...[Cn = Vnm]


The Snap ignores any duplicated lookup condition in the input document stream since it maintains a cache for lookup conditions internally.

Expected upstream Snaps:  Any Snap that produces documents in the output view such as CSV Parser, JSON Parser, Structure, Data.

Expected downstream Snaps:  Any Snap that receives documents in the input view such as JSON Formatter, Structure, Data. The CSV Formatter will cause an error because the output data is not flattened Map data.

Expected input:  Each document in the input view should contain Map data of key-value entries. Input data might contain values needed to evaluate expressions in the Object type, the Output fields, and the Conditions properties. If the Pass-though on no lookup match property is unchecked, please make sure input data types match column data types in the database table. Otherwise, you may encounter an error message "Cannot find an input data which is related to the output record .....". If the error view is open, all input data in the batch are routed to the error view with the same error information.

Expected output:  Each document in the output view contains Map data of key-value entries, where keys are the Output fields property values. The input data that has produced the corresponding output data is also included in the output data under the original key.

Prerequisites:

N/A

Support and limitations:

Works in Ultra Tasks.

Account: 

This Snap uses account references created on the Accounts page of SnapLogic Manager to handle access to this endpoint. See Configuring Vertica Accounts for information on setting up this type of account.

Views:
InputThis Snap has exactly one input view and expects documents in the view. Each document should have values for one AND clause in the WHERE statement
OutputThis Snap has exactly one output view and produces documents in the view. The output document includes the corresponding input data under the original key. If there is no results from the query, each output field will have a null value.
ErrorThis Snap has at most one error view and produces zero or more documents in the view.

Settings

Label


Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline.

Schema name 

The database schema name. Selecting a schema filters the Table name list to show only those tables within the selected schema.

The values can be passed using the pipeline parameters but not the upstream parameter.

Table name

Required. Enter or select the name of SQL table on which to execute the lookup query.

The values can be passed using the pipeline parameters but not the upstream parameter.

Example: people 

Output fields

Required. Enter or select output field names for the SQL SELECT statement. If this property is empty, the Snap selects all fields by executing the statement "SELECT * FROM ...".
Example: email, address, first, last 

Lookup conditions


Required. The lookup conditions are created by using the lookup column name and the lookup column value. Each row will build a condition, such as lookupColumn1 = $inputField. Each additional row will be concatenated using a logical AND. All rows together build the lookup condition being used to lookup records in the lookup table.

Value


Required. Enter or select the JSON path of the lookup column value. The value will be provided by the input data field.
Example:$email, $first, $last

Lookup column name


Required. Enter or select lookup column name.
Example: email, first, last

Pass-through on no lookup match


When there is no lookup matching an input document, the input document will pass through to the output view if this property is checked. Otherwise, it will be written to the error view as an error condition.

Default value: Not selected

Number of retries

The maximum number of times that the process must be retried before displaying an error.

Example: 2

Default value: 0

Retry interval (seconds)

The maximum resting time in seconds between subsequent retries.

Example: 2

Default value: 1

Snap Execution

Select one of the following three modes in which the Snap executes:

  • Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap, and generates a data preview during Pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline runtime.

  • Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution without generating preview data.

  • Disabled: Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.

Default ValueExecute only
Example: Validate & Execute


Date type column cannot used in the Lookup conditions. You will have to use the Oracle Execute Snap for this purpose. An example of the execute statement is:

SELECT *
FROM LOOKUPTABLE
WHERE DATECOL >= TO_DATE('2014-11-03', 'yyyy-mm-dd')

Please note ">=" is used instead of "=" in the WHERE clause. If you use "=", you will not get any res

Snap Pack History

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Release Snap Pack VersionDateType  Updates

August 2024

main27765

 

Stable

Updated and certified against the current Snaplogic Platform release.

May 2024437patches26900 Latest

The jOOQ library for Vertica Snap Pack is upgraded from v3.9.1 to v3.17.x. This upgrade will be part of the GA release on August 14, 2024 (Stable release). Learn more about this upgrade.

May 2024main26341 StableUpdated the Delete Condition (Truncates a Table if empty) field in the Vertica - Delete  Snap to Delete condition (deletes all records from a table if left blank) to indicate that all entries will be deleted from the table when this field is blank, but no truncate operation is performed.

February 2024

main25112

 

Stable

Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.

November 2023main23721 StableUpdated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.

August 2023

main22460

 


Stable

The Vertica - Execute Snap now includes a new Query type field. When Auto is selected, the Snap tries to determine the query type automatically.

May 2023433patches22343 Latest

Fixed an issue with the Vertica-Bulk Load Snap that previously displayed an empty output when no input was provided. 

Behavior Change: If the Snap receives no input, then no output is sent to the output view.

May 2023

main21015 

Stable

Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

February 2023main19844 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
November 2023431patches19263 Latest

The Vertica - Insert Snap no longer includes the Preserve case-sensitivity checkbox because the database is case-insensitive. The database stores the data regardless of whether the columns in the target table and the input data are in mixed, lower, or upper case.

November 2022main18944 Stable

The Vertica - Insert Snap now creates the target table only from the table metadata of the second input view when the following conditions are met:

  • The Create table if not present checkbox is selected.

  • The target table does not exist.

  • The table metadata is provided in the second input view.

August 2022main17386 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.29

main15993

 

Stable

Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.28main14627 StableUpdated the label for Delete Condition to Delete Condition (Truncates Table if empty) in the Vertica Delete Snap.
4.27main12833 Stable

Enhanced the Vertica - Execute Snap to invoke stored procedures.

4.26main11181 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.25main9554
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.24main8556
Stable

Enhanced the Vertica - Select Snap to return only the selected output fields or columns in the output schema (second output view) using the Fetch Output Fields In Schema check box. If the Output Fields field is empty all the columns are visible. 

4.23main7430
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.22main6403
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.21 Patch

421patches6272 Latest

Fixed the issue where Snowflake SCD2 Snap generates two output documents despite no changes to Cause-historization fields with DATE, TIME and TIMESTAMP Snowflake data types, and with Ignore unchanged rows field selected.

4.21 Patch

421patches6144 Latest

Fixed the following issues with DB Snaps:

  • The connection thread waits indefinitely causing the subsequent connection requests to become unresponsive.
  • Connection leaks occur during Pipeline execution.

4.21 Patch

MULTIPLE8841 Latest

Fixed the connection issue in Database Snaps by detecting and closing open connections after the Snap execution ends. 

4.21snapsmrc542

 

StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.20snapsmrc535
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.19 Patch

vertica8415 Latest

Fixed an issue with the Vertica - Update Snap wherein the Snap is unable to perform operations when:

  • An expression is used in the Update condition property.
  • Input data contain the character '?'.
4.19snaprsmrc528
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.18snapsmrc523
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.17ALL7402
 
Latest

Pushed automatic rebuild of the latest version of each Snap Pack to SnapLogic UAT and Elastic servers.

4.17snapsmrc515
 
Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the Vertica Execute Snap wherein the Snap would send the input document to the output view even if the Pass through field is not selected in the Snap configuration. With this fix, the Snap sends the input document to the output view, under the key original, only if you select the Pass through field.
  • Added the Snap Execution field to all Standard-mode Snaps. In some Snaps, this field replaces the existing Execute during preview check box.

4.16 Patch

vertica6820 Latest

Fixed an issue with the Lookup Snap passing data simultaneously to output and error views when some values contained spaces at the end.

4.16snapsmrc508
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.15 Patch 

db/vertica6339 Latest

Replaced Max idle time and Idle connection test period properties with Max life time and Idle Timeout properties respectively, in the Account configuration. The new properties fix the connection release issues that were occurring due to default/restricted DB Account settings.

4.15snapsmrc500
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.14snapsmrc490
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.13

snapsmrc486

 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.12

snapsmrc480

 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.11snapsmrc465
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.10

snapsmrc414

 
Stable

Added Auto commit property to the Select and Execute Snaps at the Snap level to support overriding of the Auto commit property at the Account level.

4.9snapsmrc405
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.8.0 Patch

vertica2796 Latest

Potential fix for JDBC deadlock issue.

4.8.0 Patch

vertica2716 Latest

Fixed Vertica Snap Pack rendering dates that are one hour off from the date returned by database query for non-UTC Snaplexes.

4.8

snapsmrc398

 
Stable
  • Info tab added to accounts.
  • Database accounts now invalidate connection pools if account properties are modified and login attempts fail.

4.7.0 Patch

vertica2511 Latest

Fixed NumberOverflow Execption for Integer Datatypes

4.7.0 Patch

vertica2205 Latest

Fixed an issue for database Select Snaps regarding Limit rows not supporting an empty string from a pipeline parameter.

4.7

snapsmrc382

 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.6snapsmrc362
 
Stable

Enhanced Vertica Execute Snap to fully support SQL statements with/without expressions & SQL bind variables.

4.5.1

snapsmrc344

 
LatestUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.5

snapsmrc344

 Stable

Resolved an issue in Vertica Bulk Upsert Snap that occurred during loading.

4.4.1N/A LatestUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.4N/A StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.3.2N/A Latest
  • Improved error handling for Vertica Bulk Load Snap.
  • Resolved a syntax error in Vertica Bulk Upsert.
  • Resolved several failures in the Vertica Insert Snap.
  • Resolved a "No column values found" error in Vertica Bulk Load.
  • Resolved a issue in Vertica Insert with Boolean values of "t" and "f" being inserted as null.
N/AN/A NA

Added Vertica Snap Pack: Vertica Multi Execute Snap (Beta) added.

N/AN/A NA

Fix log: Vertica Snap: Could not initialize Snap error is displayed.